rascheln
[ˈʁaʃl̩n]
The verdict
“rascheln” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #47,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #47,677
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben
Corpus desk
Index DE-rascheln · rascheln · German
rascheln · rank #47,677 · 13 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #47,677
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rappt
Nearest frequency peer: rappt (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „rascheln“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- randvoll
randvoll
52,328 corpus weight
- rappt
rappt
52,325 corpus weight
- rascheln
rascheln
52,324 corpus weight
- Rasseln
Rasseln
52,323 corpus weight
- Ratzinger
Ratzinger
52,322 corpus weight
- Rauscher
Rauscher
52,321 corpus weight
What this shows „rascheln“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rascheln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈʁaʃl̩n] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #47,677 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „rascheln“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around rascheln (IPA [ˈʁaʃl̩n]), averb. Corpus frequency is #47,677 among 2,984 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for rascheln, with forms such as "arscheln", "racsheln", and "rasccheln". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "rauchen", "raschen", "rascher", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is rascheln, spelled R-A-S-C-H-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1das eher leise Geräusch von sich geben, das entsteht, wenn sich trockene Teile, zum Beispiel Blätter aneinander reiben
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rascheln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Das sanft vom Wind bewegte, welke Laub raschelte.
Man hört die Mäuse im Stroh rascheln.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arscheln
- racsheln
- rasccheln
- rascehln
- raschelln
- raschelnn
- raschenl
- raschheln
- raschlen
- rashceln
- rasscheln
- rrascheln
- rsacheln
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rascheln - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rascheln", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).